War On Free Speech Expands To Detention, Sanctions Of Individuals

About this episode

The episode discusses the expansion of the war on free speech through unlawful detentions and financial sanctions against dissenters.

The plutocratic power structure in the United States is clamping down on our right to know and to dissent by illegally detaining individuals who speak out or shutting down their access to financial services. Clearing the FOG speaks with political analyst Ali Alizadeh about the unlawful detention of Iranian public policy PhD student at Virginia Tech, Yousof Azizi, who is frequently a guest on major media outlets. The second guest is Rainey Reitman of the Freedom of the Press foundation, who discusses her new book, "Transaction Denied: Big finance's power to punish speech." For more information, visit PopularResistance.org.

People in this episode

Hosts: Margaret Flowers, Kevin Zeese

Guests: Ali Alizadeh, Rainey Reitman

Topics covered

• free speech
• detention
• sanctions
• political dissent
• financial services
• media access

Keywords

• sanctions
• free speech
• detention
• political dissent
• financial services
• media
• Yousof Azizi
• Ali Alizadeh
• Rainey Reitman

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Freedom of the Press foundation, PopularResistance.org

Books & works: Transaction Denied: Big finance's power to punish speech

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